Letters to the editor

Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, October 6, 2005

Villages police come through

Dear Editor:

I want to let you know how the Memorial Villages Police Department recently helped my mother and me.

We were in the traffic jam on I-10 due to the storm warning from Rita. We have left our home (in Pasadena) at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and had only made it to I-10 and Gessner by 4:30 a.m. Thursday. By then we were nearly out of gas and my phone wasnt working. I had stopped at the Target there to rest and get my mom somewhere cool. She is diabetic and was overheated because of not running the A/C. We had family on the road as well, but no one could come and get us because of the gas shortage.

With the imminent storm, I felt I had no choice but to go to the hospital and get some help. She was not happy about the idea. She insisted she was fine. My last attempt to find gas put me on Memorial and I found the police department. I asked them for a shelter nearby. I was told there wasnt any. But they offered to call my family and let them know where we were. When one of the officers heard we were trying to get to Sealy, she kindly offered to take us there going the back roads to avoid I-10. I told her that was very much acceptable, but we didnt have gas to go much further.

The next wonderful thing to come out way was residents there had left some gas at their home for someone who needed it. An officer went and got it for us and when her shift was over we were on out way.

Im sorry to say I didnt get the names of all these angels that helped us. But they know who they are.

I dont think my mother could have gone much longer without medical help. We were in a bad situation for awhile.

The fine people at the Memorial Villages Police Department came through us.

My entire family is grateful to them all for all they did. In a time when people help strangers, sometimes thank you isnt enough.